Russian Ambassador to Germany Sergey Nechayev has just warned that failing to clarify and comprehensively prosecute the responsibility for the Nord Stream pipeline explosion will create a dangerous precedent, not only for Europe but also for international order.
According to Mr. Nechayev, it is important to end the investigation in a transparent and public manner. If this crime - the Nord Stream explosion - is not clarified and the perpetrators, as well as the people behind it, are not identified, it will create a bad precedent for the future, Mr. Nechayev emphasized.
The Russian ambassador also flatly rejected the theories circulating in the media about the group of private divers, calling them "unconvincing" scenarios.
While Russia has repeatedly requested to announce the official investigation results, Germany has kept the information confidential. Die Zeit newspaper recently cited a source as saying that the German investigation agency had issued a wanted notice for 6 Ukrainian citizens, while another suspect was believed to have died in the war at the end of 2024.
The sabotage team, described as a captain, a coordinator, an explosives expert and four divers, were traveling on the Andromeda yacht from the port of Rostock before carrying out the Nord Stream bombing in the Baltic Sea.
Mr. Nechayev emphasized that the current lack of transparency not only hinders restoration of trust but also directly affects energy cooperation between Germany and Russia, causing socio-economic losses for Europe itself.
The September 26, 2022 explosion damaged three of the four branches of the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 pipelines (not yet operational), shocking the world. Russia considers this an act of international terrorism, while Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov affirmed that there is support from the US.
The prolonged silence between Germany and the West, according to analysts, not only makes the public skeptical but also turns the Nord Stream case into one of the biggest "ishes" of world energy security.
